Category: Events

Bude’s Awesome Foursome

Jean Ashley

Big Thanks to Simon Hammond and his Team for organizing the last race in the BQA Trophy Series for 2025. Thankfully they were blessed with good weather, the main race was well supported especially with some fantastic Team combinations in pairs and relays of 4. Running along side was a sprint version which also went well with 9 individual competitors and a team from the local Bude Library!

Phillippe Jumeau

Congratulations go to Nigel Unwin winning the individual full race in 3.05.48, with Matt Rayment in 2nd place 3.13.48, and Nicholas Farnell in 3rd 3.16.48. Phillippe Jumeau took 4th place in 3.33.38, which secured him enough points to take the Overall British Trophy Championships, well deserved he has been flying the BQA Flag for many years, and has had a great consistent race season this year!

Kate Robson won the ladies event in 3.24.01 with the BQA’s young star Hermione Ball in 2nd place 3.43.30 with Pennie Channing in 3rd 4.04.52.

In the sprint race James Block took the win 1.26.07 with Russel Breyer in 2nd 1.39.52, the first lady home came 3rd overall in 1.42.45. Well done to all competitors, individuals, teams and pairs, its a fantastic achievement to get over that finish line in this iconic Quadrathlon, its now our longest running Quad in GB and a true testament to the commitment from Simon Hamond and all at Shoreline Events!

Full Results Awesome-Foursome-Quad-results-2025 

Russell finishing!

Report from – Russell Breyer one of our ‘long time supporters of Quadrathlon …. Thank You!

The Sprint is a brand new addition to the Bude calendar and a welcome one in my book. If, like me, your knackered 63 year old calves will no longer power you up Milook, or even round a 10k, then the Sprint is just the thing. Somehow Simon has managed to create all the fun and excitement in a half pint pot. Same swim and kayak routes (just one lap of each), shorter bike route that still tests you on the hills out to Widemouth Bay before hooking you back on the A39, and shorter run route that let’s you find your stride along the towpath before routing you back in to town via a very cheeky hill. Then the same glory run down to the canal lock and round to the finish by the little green.

His Kayak Leg

I liked that the transition zone and kayak entry are now on the other side of the canal, and that the one lap kayak route still works in three turns. I also liked coming second, but that may be a one-off as more accomplished athletes are drawn to this race, as I hope they are.

It was also great to see people attempting the sport that probably are unlikely to ever have entered the extreme  Standard…the Sprint is a real plus and my dream would be that Simon continues to run both the Sprint and Standard versions but that I guess will be based on the demand ….. and I was proud to have Won a great bespoke trophy, as ever!

Happy Quadding…. Russell

Final Trophy Standings 2025

Jean Ashley

Big Thanks to John Kavanagh for working out the Trophy Standings for us again in 2025, the Results are finally in! Remember its 3 races to count and you MUST be a BQA Member to be legible for a prize, if you win the Overall Prize we role down in your Age Group.

Huge Congratulations to Phillippe Jumeau,  and Helen Russell for taking to overall BQA Trophy Prizes! I’m really pleased for Phillippe, he has been involved in our sport for as long as I can remember … that’s at least 26 years, such a well deserved achievement Phil! Also congratulations to Helen who has now won the overall trophy several times! Your Trophies will be engraved and sent out to you along with a £30 BQA Clothing Voucher ASAP.

Well done also to our AGE GROUP WINNERS, they will all be receiving a £20 Clothing Voucher  ASAP

Men

Vet 50 Wayne Smith

Vet 60 (Role down) Graeme Tiffany

Vet 70 John Macadam

FEMALE

Under 23 Hermione Ball

Over 40 Tora Oetgen

Vet 50 (Role down) Caroline Jones

Vet 60 Janet Green

Final Results BQA Trophy 2025 final tables

BQA Trophy Points, with just Bude to Race!

Jean Ashley

The final race in our BQA National Trophy series  is taking place in Bude on 11th October ‘The Awesome Foursome’. On the Ladies side it looks like Helen Russell can not be beaten to take the overall Trophy, but there could be some ladies age group deciders depending on who races!

On the Men’s side it is very close, 3 have tied at the top of the table on 287,  and 1 person is just 7 points behind. There are also a few with good scores from 2 races, so the Bude results will be crucial, depending who races at this iconic end of season Quadrathlon!

Here is the link if you need to put your entry in!    Awesome-foursome-quadrathlon

TROPHY POINTS after 4 Races BQA Trophy 2025 4 of 6

Just to remind you: Trophies are awarded each year, provided each winner has done 3 races in the series, and MUST be a current BQA Member. (In the event of a tie the 4th race points will count to decide the winner). The overall BQA Trophy winners will receive only one prize, so a roll down will take place for their age group prize. PRIZES: Overall Winners Perpetual Trophy for Male and Female. BQA Kit vouchers for winners Male and Female in each age category, Juniors (u23), Seniors, V40+ V50+ V60+ Vet 70+ 

Big Thanks to ‘John Kavanagh’ for putting together the National Trophy and WQF Results, he compiles a list of all the quadrathletes, converts it to a spreadsheet and then updates the series after every race throughout the season. Its certainly a commitment during our the race season, and we are truly grateful for his work! THANKS JOHN on behalf of the BQA and all the competitors!

 

 

Brigg Sprint National Championships

Jean Ashley

Always one of the highlights of the quadrathlon race calendar, this year’s British Championship race took place on 7th September in Brigg, Lincolnshire. The 2025 national race was a sprint-distance format of 750m river swim, 4km kayak, 18km bike and 5km run and it also doubled up as the third race in the British Trophy Series.

In the run up to the race it wasn’t clear whether the format would be a river or pool swim due to the amount of weeds in the Ancholme but the call was made to start the race in the river. This made for a very challenging first leg with all athletes struggling to force their way through the weeds.

The women’s race was very close and arguably the most exciting of the day! Last year’s Brigg Sprint winner, Rose Durrant exited the river first, just 9 seconds ahead of seasoned quadder Helen Russell. About 2 miles into the bike leg Helen caught Rose and the riders battled each other with positions swapping until the half way point when Rose pulled away and created a lead going into the kayak leg of 21 seconds. Both athletes had to deal again with the weeds in the river but just after the half way mark Helen overtook Rose paddling almost two minutes faster. Helen managed to maintain her lead throughout the run leg completing the final disciple just one second quicker than Rose to finish in an overall time of 1 hour, 43 minutes, and 19 seconds. Rose took the silver in 1.44.46 and Tora Oetgen took the final podium place in 1.56.56. In just one year Rose has improved by 5 minutes and 21 seconds, an incredible advancement in just 12 months. Tora also showed a big improvement finishing 4 minutes 59 seconds quicker than last year. Helen and Rose’s times were so fast that they actually finished 3rd and 4th overall beating most of the men!

The men’s race didn’t see much changing of positions. Following on from his victory at Dearne Valley  Adam Norfolk was first out of the water and build on his lead throughout the race finishing in 1.28.50. Adam had the fastest time in all four disciplines. Nigel Unwin was the third male to exit the water but moved quickly into second place and comfortably stayed in that position throughout the race to take silver in 1.40.55 and the final podium place was taken by quadrathlon first time racer Richard Evans in 1.45.43. Welcome Richard to our sport!

Congratulations to our national champions Adam Norfolk and Helen Russell. Helen has now won the national title six times.

The first team was Red Roses and it was great to see team member and last year’s overall winner Erik Meilak returning to form after injury.

Massive Thanks to LincsQuad Quadrathlon Club for hosting the race, and  their wonderful team of organisers and marshalls who give up their time and work so hard to run this event and make it safe and fun for participants!

Results Sprint Brigg Results

Women Overall

1st Helen Russell 1.43.19 Masters 50

2nd Rose Durrant 1.44.46 Elite

3rd  Tora Oetgen 1.56.56 Masters 40

Under 20      Hermione Ball         01:57:38

Masters 40 (roll down) Emma Danforth  02:55:26

Masters 50 (roll down) Caroline Jones 02:44:33

Masters 60 Janet Green    02:19:42

 

Men Overall

1st Adam Norfolk 1.28.50 Masters 40

2nd Nigel Unwin 1.40.55 Masters 60

3rd Richard Evans 1.45.43 Elite

Masters 40 (roll down) Adam Draup       02:06:45

Masters 50 Wayne Smith   01:54:59

Masters 60 (roll down) Nicholas Farnell  01:49:32

Masters 70 John Mcadam 01:57:21

This was also the third in the Trophy Series which rewards consistency over the season, as athletes score points at races, with the points from the best three races to count towards the title. Some titles were decided at this race with results to be confirmed soon. With three wins Helen Russell has definitely taken the overall Series women’s title. The men’s title is yet to be decided and will come down to the final race of the season The Awesome Foursome on the 11th October.

Thanks to Helen Russell for the write up, full results and Trophy Standings will follow soon.

 

Final 2025 World Cup Results

Jean Ashley

Whilst the British National Trophy still has 2 Races left in the 2025 Series – Brigg Sprint 7th September and Bude’s Awesome Foursome – (see links below to enter) The World Cup Results have been finalized after 9 Races. Big Thanks to the Brigg Bomber and to Manvers Dearne Valley Quad for hosting our 2 World Cup Races, and to all our British Quadrathletes that took part and gave us valuable points which gave us 3rd place in the World Standings! 

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The-awesome-foursome-quadrathlon

WQF FINAL RESULTS FINAL WQF WORLD CUP after 9 races

Congratulations to our overall World Champions Ferenc Csima (HUN) and Susanne Walter (GER). Our best GB Result is Ian Cook (after 3 races) was 4h Overall, and Won his Masters 60 Age Group All participants of a world cup event are automatically listed for the world cup results if they fulfill the national terms and conditions. The number of competitions for one athlete is not limited. The best three races are counted (up to two results from one country).The winners get a high-quality glass cup (overall and age groups), the podium place winners will receive medals. ( An Athlete get trophies/medals only when he  has completed a minimum of 3 races.

WQF Team Trophy
National Quadrathlon Trophy: R10 National Trophy after 9 of 9

Congratulations to Germany who Won The National Quadrathlon Trophy (3900 pts) with CZE in second (3717pts) with GREAT BRITAIN just behind in third (1251pts)

This Trophy is will be awarded annually by the WQF. For each Nation, the highest number of points scored in the each of the 16 WQF age and gender categories by an individual national in any one World Cup race during the season will be totaled. If no individual from a nation is represented in an age/gender group, then zero points will be scored for that category.
The trophy will be held by the winning nation for one year. It will be that nation’s responsibility to ensure the trophy is available to be presented at the last race of the following season.

Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon with a NEW Sprint Course too ….. Get your Entry in!

Jean Ashley

The BQA are pleased to see that Bude Quad will be also adding a sprint course quad to your usual Awesome Foursome course.

The BQA have decided to include this as a separate race in the BQA trophy series and it will also get Trophy Points. As we did with the Brigg Bomber in June, who also ran two length courses. We will award slightly fewer points for the Sprint,  starting at 100 rather than 120, for the short course. This will help people only wanting to do sprint distance races to get 3 races in and be eligible for our National Trophy Prizes.
 

BUDE AWESOME FOURSOME 11th OCTOBER 2025 – Every year since 2002 we’ve run the Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon, an extreme multi-sport race for individuals, pairs and relay teams to enter. This is an established event in the British and European Quadrathlon calendar regularly being a World Cup ranking event or the European Short Course Championships.

The race makes the very most of Bude’s geography and features. The open water swim takes place within the shelter of Bude’s breakwater. The cycle ride includes some amazing coastal hills (including the 1 in 3 climb at Millook). The kayak leg takes place on the tranquil Bude canal. And the final run follows the canal towpath onto the coastal path and back to Bude. The fastest athletes will take around 3 hours to complete the course with most finished within 4 hours.

Route Description on YouTube

NEW for 2025: The Sprint

“A little smaller but just as Awesome”

This shorter-course quadrathlon will be run at the same time as the full Awesome Foursome but will be roughly half the distance. It will start with the main event and be based at the Canal Wharf but will follow similar routes for the swim, cycle, and run as the Shoreline Triathlon, therefore eliminating the severe cycling hills around Millook. The swim will be one lap of the Bay, the cycle ride will only go as far as the Widemouth Manor before returning to Bude on the A39, the Kayaking will be one lap of the canal and the Run will only go as far as Rodds Bridge before returning to Bude via Lynstone Road.

Entries for either event must be received in advance and you can register using this link RACE ENTRY Quadrathlon

Norfolk Super Heros

Jean Ashley

A few weeks ago, The Charity Norfolk Superheros Pairs Quadrathlon took place in Burnham Overy, the BQA support this event and once again it was another cracking year with demand as high as ever and a really fantastic day had by all!

Here is a brief WRAP-UP of the day. 2025 Norfok Superhero Event Wrap Up

VIDEO 2025: The link to this year’s video is Race Video and in the report. Massive thanks to the Media students at UEA who returned for a second year to document this year’s event. Their Superhero film captures the joy, grit, and goosebumps of the day.

 

CHARITY: We have reached a staggering £202,000, our third biggest raise to date. Every pound supports our mission to get Norfolk’s children active, confident, and healthy. From headline-making donations to quiet acts of generosity, this total reflects the Superhero community’s deep commitment to something bigger than the race. Feel free to spread the word about the Norfolk Superhero Fund Helping To Get Children Active. We welcome supporters and applicants for grant funding. More on this in the report.

NEXT YEAR: Next year’s Superhero will be on Saturday 20th June 2026. The date has not been announced yet, but as a key partner, we wanted to share this with you.

With our enormous thanks as ever. Have a wonderful Summer.

The Superhero HQ Team www.norfolksuperhero.co.uk

Latest WQF Results Race8/9

Jean Ashley

Thanks to John Kavanagh for producing the latest WQF Results after the 8th Race of the Series in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The final race of the WQF Series is the World Championship – Long Distance, (3.8k swim, 20k kayak, 92k cycle, 21.1k run) on 10th August in Nagyatád Gyékényes https://www.extrememan.hu/nagyatad

If you are following the World Cup Series here are the latest Results 

R9 World Cup Race Results race 8

R9 WQF World Cup Standings after 8 of 9

R9 National Trophy after 8 of 9

Dearne Valley Quadrathlon WQF Cup Race

Jean Ashley
 
Special thanks to Mark Benton, David Jones and the Manvers Team for organising this great quad event, you are a wonderful ‘Team’ of people thank you for your enthusiasm and for inspiring so many to take to the water and embrace the challenge, you have put so many smiles on peoples faces at Manvers. As always the BQA are extremely grateful to everyone involved, we are a small sport, and its good to see so many competitors without a doubt it’s such a fabulous feel good event, enjoyed by everyone, from seasoned athletes to first timers and looking at the photos looks like you had a great day!
 
The Race this year was part of the BQA Trophy Series, but for the first time ever it was part of the World Quadrathlon Cup, so competitors were given BQA points plus WQF points, this is great to see so many British athletes with World Cup points. The GB team are now in 2nd place in the World Cup Trophy now  “The Vaclav Merek National Trophy” this is given to country with the most the points at the end of the year. So huge well done to everyone who has raced so far this year! 

 

Sharing the Quad Love as always!

Also huge thanks to ‘David and Caz Jones’ who have been organizing Quad Training Days throughout the year and encouraging newcomers to our sport, they do a fantastic job to introducing people into our sport!

 
 
 
 
 
Dearne Valley Quadrathlon Results
With the Winners Below Congratulations, lots more photos on the BQA Facebook page
Jules Vet 60 Winner
Stuart Vet 50 Winner
John Vet 70 Winner
Helen Ladies Winner
Tora Vet 40 Winner
Helen Vet 50 Winner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Natalie Vet 60 Winner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BQA TROPHY RESULTS  BQA Trophy after 3 of 5
TEAM WORLD CUP RESULTS R7 WQF world cup after 6 of 9
 
BIG THANKS, to Jules Taylor for his Race Report, we always appreciate our athletes stories and its a great report… Thank You Jules! 
 
Swim Start
Here we are at Manvers Lake, second venue in the National Race series , and not in my usual confident frame of mind.
I had a horrible experience in the swim at Brigg and having to pull out , I didn’t feel ready to race, and the past couple of weeks training have been all over the place .
Parked up at Manvers Lake, I tried to relax and had a ride around the run course, had a lovely equinox swim in the twilight trying out a new better fitting wetsuit for the first time…. then had a rubbish restless sleep. Come the morning the sun was out and things seemed a bit better.
As others arrived it was lovely to catch up and chat, the Quad community is great and I started to relax a little.
Race briefing over, into the lake , and wait for the start. I put myself on the edge of the main bunch to give me as clear a swim as possible to the first buoy. This was a good plan, and the swim went well, a couple of little hiccups as I didnt feel 100%, and out into T1.
It had gone well , as I came out in the lead group with Helen (ladies winner) and Phillipe Jumeau …both strong swimmers.
I was Pleased!

Overall Winner Adam Norfolk
Helen was out of T1 swiftly, but I was struggling with a helmet catch that wouldn’t play ball, and didn’t catch Helen up till near the turn around. It was a fast bike course, unfortunately a couple of incidents occurred but all were ok apparently, and into T2.
There were a couple of kayaks out already, Adam and Stuart, and I didn’t realise that Oli was literally on my heels into T2 , time to race !
The lake was a bit squally with the wind and I was more than happy with my choice of Kayak…a Carbonology Flash X surfski…which easily ignored the bouncy water.
By the third lap I was settled paddling hard , and had put a bit of distance between Oli and myself (although I still wasn’t aware of that ), and had passed Stuart to put me into second place.

Jules in his Surfski
Adam was well clear , exiting the lake as I started my last lap ! Very strong paddling .
Out into T3 , and all I knew now was I had second place , felt shattered, but had to get moving as I knew Oli would be running me down as fast as he does. Couple of kilometers done, and I was running as hard as I could, at the end of every straight I glanced behind and so far no one else in sight .
Around the end of the lake and it wasn’t long before the finish was in view with about a kilometer to go. I honestly thought I had this , second place ….awesome! A few hundred meters to go, another glance behind  and there was Oli, I knew it …. Aarrgh….have I got enough of a lead, could I run any faster? Another look behind and only a few meters between us now …. then he was past and over the finish line for second place, followed by myself 5 seconds later for third overall and first V60. I could not have gone any harder! What a race, right down to the wire ….fantastic!

Great racing from everyone, amazing strong performance from Adam in a league of his own today, super strong running from Oli , excellent result again for Helen, and a great relay effort from Erik and Rose ….true sporting spirit there as Erik recovers from his injury . How he paddles so fast with just one leg doing all the work ….amazing.

It was a brilliant day for all competitors, lots of smiles and fun . The weather gave us everything except snow, and a big round of applause for the Manvers community putting on another awesome event, thank you also to all the volunteers and helpers. A super day,
headed home later in the afternoon, feeling all was well ….it was a great reset for myself,  back in a racing frame of mind at last…Yay!

European Championships at Brigg Bomber 2025

Jean Ashley

A HUGE THANK YOU to Donna Jeff and the Team at LincsQuad Quadrathlon Club for putting on a great race for the BQA and the WQF yesterday as always they pulled out the stops! Despite having such a small team of helpers, there’s one thing for sure they are 100% committed to make sure these events happen for our small sport of Quadrathlon.

Thank you to everyone who supported the race, all BQA members and competitors, those International athletes too, all helpers marshals time keepers and key event organizers ……. you put a smile on everyone’s faces, made a lot of athletes very proud and gave us all a day to remember.

Big Thanks on behalf of the BQA … Jean 💜

Race Results – Brigg Bomber Middle & Sprint Results

National Trophy Results – BQA Trophy after 2 of 5 races

WQF Results – 

WQF race 3 of 9 results with point

World Cup Race 3

WQF National trophy after 3 of 9 races 

A Big Thanks to Ian Cooke for his excellent report of the day – European Middle Distance Quadrathlon Championships
(and accompanying sprint distance BQA points quadrathlon)

It’s 08:29 on the 1st of June 2025 in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, the first day of meteorological summer and a fine and warm day with a little bit of breeze blowing in from the west.

In the river Ancholme, around 110 multi-sport athletes are awaiting the start of their events, now just 1 minute away. The athletes are participants in one of four events being held on that day.

Firstly, there is the prestigious third international quadrathlon championship event of 2025, the European Middle Distance Quadrathlon Championships. This event also doubled up as the third of the 2025 season in the World Quadrathlon Federation World Cup series, following earlier races in Kassel and Gyekenyes. Secondly, this one day championship event was accompanied by its slightly shorter sibling race, a sprint distance quadrathlon, with points being awarded and counting towards the national British Quadrathlon Association series awards. Finally and separate to this race report, there was an accompanying standard distance and sprint distance triathlon.

The Race – Suddenly, the race director, Jeff calls out loud and clear to the athletes in the water…….

‘Is there anyone here doing the duathlon?…….. If you are, you’re in the wrong place……’ So much laughing and smiles from everyone and then bang, we’re off. Two laps of a 750 swim for the European Champs race and one lap for the sprint event. As ever, the swim was a fast affair for those at the front, with the top athletes looking to establish an early lead position.

I settle in, concentrate on breathing, find your own rhythm, count the buoy turns and then back to the landing stage, Here, friendly and familiar faces and voices carry you on your way past the boathouse into transition.

Onto the 30k bike stage and the course was just excellent. For me personally, I’d checked out the bike course on the previous Friday, so it was full gas all the way, tuck in, shrug the shoulders narrow and get aero, every second counts. The loop out of Waddingham and through Snitterby was just excellent fun. 49:24 later and I’m rolling back into the sports center, thinking now about the kayak leg.

One thing that is an absolute pleasure about the Brigg quad races is the boat leg on the Ancholme, 7.8k’s to the wooden bridge and back for the middle distance and just short of 5k’s to the red bridge and back for the sprint competitors.

Paddling alongside Oli Fairbairn on the outward leg, a figure was rapidly approaching us and coming into view on their return, pushing their boat at circa 12-13kph. This was Ferenc Csima, at that point around 20 minutes ahead of us, the eventual overall winner and an absolutely phenomenal kayak racer. Next to cross us was Laurent Martinou, eventual 2nd place and around 10 minutes behind Ferenc at that stage. ‘Bravo Laurent! Allez, allez, allez…..’ was the shout out as we crossed.

As a side note, chapeau to Laurent, who drove north from his home south of Paris on the Saturday, raced the event and then drove back to the south coast after the race for the 19:30 Sunday evening ferry, top effort! On the return leg, it was great to see Helen Russell in her GB tri-suit on the outward leg, pushing on in the boat on her way to the overall win.

So here we go, the day’s getting done now, just the run to go, 5k’s for the sprint and 9.8k’s for the middle distance event.

This is the classic time to check in with the body……. ‘legs, how’s it going, are you thinking about cramping? No we’re fine. Achilles, how are you? Any tightness? No, we’re alright just now. Ok lower back how are you after the kayaking? I’m a bit sore, but I think I’m good for 10k’s, lets do it…….’ So check the watch, put it on 4 minute 35 second k’s and tick off the distance.

And just like that, the day is done, off the river path, past the petrol station, over the bridge, careful on the little grassy slope and the finish line is there. This sport is just fantastic and the people are just so lovely. Cross the line, go and hug everybody and then look for family supporters.

OPEN RACE RESULTS : The open race overall was won by Ferenc with a fantastic time of 2:29:29, with Laurent 6 minutes behind in P2 (1st O40 – 2:35:45) and James Block of GBR completing the podium (1st O50 – 2:48:40).

Overall Mens European Champions

Helen won the female event overall with a time 3:03:33 (1st O50), with Rose Durrant in P2 (1st Elite – 3:08:13) with Orna Otoole completing the podium (2nd O50 – 3:16:50).

AGE GROUP RESULTS: Tora Oetgen was 1st female O40 (4th overall – 3:26:46), Hermione Ball 1st female junior (5th overall – 3:31:25), Oli Fairbairn was 1st Elite (4th Open overall – 2:51:37) Ian Cooke 1st O60 (5th Open overall – 2:54:02), John Macadam 1st O70 (23rd Open overall – 3:29.18) 

Overall Womens European Champions

In the accompanying sprint event Jason Frary was 1st in the Open (1st O50 – 1:39:06), Graeme Tiffany was 2nd (1st O60 – 2:03:07), Dianne Hubber 1st female, 3rd overall in the event and 1st O50 (2:10:35).

In positions 2 to 7 in the female sprint came the fantastic group of friends and constant training partners, Janet Green (2nd 1st O60 – 2:12:31), Geraldine Richards (3rd – 2:23:34), Sue Turner, Sue Pilling, Amanda Lord and Lynn Simpson. These women have inspired each other and trained together so hard all winter and spring in all conditions and weathers, nailing every aspect of this demanding sport. Just brilliant, massive well done and be so proud of what you did, experienced and achieved on that day in Brigg.

Sprint Womens Winners

As always with these events, nothing would ever happen without the input, leadership and expertise of so many people.

Thank you to Jeff and Donna for making it all happen, along with all those brilliant marshals, timekeepers, transition managers and a million other roles that the team at LincsQuad provided.

Thank you to David, Andy, Evo, Janice and their team in covering all aspects of the swim and kayak management. It makes such a massive difference finishing the boat leg, knowing that it will just get taken care of as you continue to the run.

Finally, thank you so much to Jean Ashley and all at British Quadrathlon Association for providing the overall organisation and everything to make these races and race series possible.

Massive well done to all the competitors in both the middle distance and the sprint event. These events are demanding and take courage to toe that line alongside your mates, putting yourself on a canvas showing who you are and what you can do that day. The results are hard won and accordingly, massively satisfying to get.

That was the Brigg Bomber, now onto the rest of 2025!  …… Ian Cooke

Photos of the race – thanks from Trevor

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